branco

See also: Branco and branĉo

French

Etymology

Abbreviation of brancardier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʁɑ̃.ko/

Noun

branco m (plural brancos)

1. (military, colloquial) stretcher-bearer

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Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾaŋkʊ/

Adjective

branco m (feminine singular branca, masculine plural brancos, feminine plural brancas)

1. white (colour)

See also

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Italian

Etymology

From branca.

Noun

branco m (plural branchi)

1. flock (of sheep)
2. pack (of wolves)
3. gang (of people)

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Mirandese

Adjective

branco (feminine branca, masculine plural brancos, feminine plural brancas)

1. white

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Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *blancus, from Proto-Germanic *blankaz (“bright, shining, blinding, white”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhleg- (“to shine”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾã.ko/

Adjective

branco m (plural brancos, feminine branca, feminine plural brancas)

1. white
   • 1198, Cancioneiro da Ajuda, Paio Soares de Taveirós, A 38: No mundo non me sei parella (facsimile)

     […] mia ſennor branca e / uermella.

     […] my lady of white skin and / reddish face.

Descendants

• Fala: blãcu
• Galician: branco
• Portuguese: branco
  • Angolar: baanku
  • Guinea-Bissau Creole: branku
  • Indo-Portuguese: branco
  • Kabuverdianu: bránku
  • Korlai Creole Portuguese: brak
  • Kristang: brangku
  • Principense: baanku
  • Sãotomense: blanku

See also

Colors in Old Portuguese · coores, colores (layout · text)
branco	gris	negro, preto
vermello	castanno	amarelo
	verde
		azur
	cardẽo	rosa

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Portuguese

branco

Etymology

From Old Portuguese branco (“white”), from Late Latin, Vulgar Latin *blancus, from Proto-Germanic *blankaz (“bright, shining, blinding, white”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleg- (“to shine”).

Cognate with Galician branco, Spanish blanco, Catalan blanc, Occitan blanc, French blanc, Italian bianco and English blank.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbɾɐ̃.ku/
• Hyphenation: bran‧co

Noun

branco m (plural brancos)

1. white (color)

   Synonym: alvo (poetic)

   1. (heraldry) argent
   2. white clothing
2. (Brazil, informal) blackout (failure in recalling something)

   Me deu um branco na prova!

   I couldn’t remember anything during the test!

3. (oenology) Short for vinho branco.

Derived terms

• dar um branco

 

Noun

branco m (plural brancos, feminine branca, feminine plural brancas)

1. a white person

   Synonyms: caucasiano (relatively uncommon), branquelo (derogatory)

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:branco.

Adjective

branco m (feminine singular branca, masculine plural brancos, feminine plural brancas, comparable)

1. white in color
2. (of a person) white; Caucasian

   Synonym: caucasiano (relatively uncommon)

3. (of a person) pale; pallid

   Synonym: pálido

4. white (lightest in color compared to similar objects)

Inflection

Inflection of branco

	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	masculine	feminine
positive	branco	branca	brancos	brancas
comparative	mais branco	mais branca	mais brancos	mais brancas
superlative	o mais branco branquíssimo	a mais branca branquíssima	os mais brancos branquíssimos	as mais brancas branquíssimas
augmentative	brancão	brancona	brancões	branconas
diminutive	branquinho	branquinha	branquinhos	branquinhas

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:branco.

Derived terms

• branco do olho
• branco-gelo
• branco-marfim
• brancor
• brancura
• branquear
• branquismo
• em branco
• embranquecer
• glóbulo branco
• vinho branco

 

Descendants

• Angolar: baanku
• Guinea-Bissau Creole: branku
• Indo-Portuguese: branco
• Kabuverdianu: bránku
• Korlai Creole Portuguese: brak
• Kristang: brangku
• Principense: baanku
• Sãotomense: blanku

See also